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It can't be, the Vox in the bottom picture to the right of Mike has a 15" speaker in it.

Bob, the reference to the AC 30 is from the first picture posted of the DC5 on this thread, showing the AC it, not the one posted by Kent. Although the setting in both pictures looks the same, the amps aren't.

Where are they now?

Leader and drummer Dave Clark is now a successful entrepreneur and entertainment promoter.

Lead vocalist, Mike Smith, now writes music for television shows and commercial jingles in London.
Mike's also Shirley Bassey's record producer. Smith was severely injured in 2003 and is now permanently paralysed.

Bassist, Rick Huxley, is in the electrical wholesale business.

Saxophonist, Denny Payton, is now a successful real estate agent, where on weekends he had his own group, Formula One (no longer together).

Guitarist, Lenny Davidson, still entertains and gives guitar lessons.

I've read Lenny's something of a master in many styles of guitar - quite well respected. I think an interesting thread would be Careers of '60's pop stars after the bubble burst.

yes, it would.... why not start it up? JUst call it WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Stan I meant they couldn't be the same picture, as someone thought, as the first one posted by Jon has an AC-30 in it to the right of Mike and the second one posted by Kent has a Vox with a 15" speaker in it to the right of Mike.

not same picture... same gig (or at minimum a different night at the same venue).

That 15" speaker could have been moved, I suppose.

Interesting early DC5 pic... (I couldn't download it)

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.california-ballroom.info/images/bands/dc5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.california-ballroom.info/bands/the-dave-clark-five.htm&h=272&w=456&sz=36&tbnid=AhcFxXN69xkJ:&tbnh=73&tbnw=124&hl=en&start=31&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddave%2Bclark%2B5%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Regarding the DC5, my 10 year old eyes and ears couldn't accept the saxophone as viable at the time. Of course i was way way influenced by the Beatles. Can you imagine a sax in that band? I'm reminded of the Dire Straits SULTANS OF SWING lyric- "They don't give a damn 'bout any trumpet playin' band. It ain't what they call ROCK N' ROLL. I also thought their shirts made em look like dentists!

didn't Eddie Murphy play sax for the Beatles?

I whole-heartedly agree with Steve! As a ten year old, a sax just didn't cut it! Though I totally dug DC5's songs, the sax didn't fit in with the new image of rock. I still don't like saxes in rock bands. Maybe that's why I never got into Springsteen. Though on Pink Floyd's DSOTM it works.

Beatles saxes? Brian Jones played sax on "You Know My Name." And of course Sounds Incorporated played on "Got to Get you Into My Life." And the saxes in the orchestra on "All You Need is Love" play the riff from "In the Mood" during the fade out. I love sax as part of a backup sound in the tradition of Stax/Volt and as solo instruments a la James Brown, but most rock sax soloists go for that reed-near-the-breaking-point sound that I can pass on anytime. You wanna talk about instruments not fitting in a rock band? In 1963, I played trombone. Real chick magnet, that! So I taught myself to play bass. You still won't find too many rock trombonists. Of course, Macca used a trombone solo to good effect in "Let 'Em In."

Macca and the other fabs put Elvis down for using a trombone in Heard Headed Woman. Tastes change!

It did sound strange in hardheaded woman, didn't fit.
I love sax, I think it's THE most expressive instrument ever invented. The DC5's sound was much more Americanized than most of the other British bands, having been around longer probably had something to do with it.
I played trumpet and then tuba when I was a kid, the chicks used to chase me all over the place with that tuba man, I'm telling ya! Had to beat them off with a stick. Hey, I liked it, it was a bass anyway.